The Cake - Summer 2022

directory
A list of useful contacts in
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Parish Council
The Old Fire Station, Stone Street,
Cranbrook, KENT TN17 3HF
Clerk – Mrs. L. Ham
Deputy Clerk – Mrs. L. Thirkell
Deputy Clerk - Mrs. C. Bezuidenhout
01580 713112 / clerk@
cranbrookandsissinghurstpc.co.uk
BOROUGH & COUNTY
COUNCILS
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
01892 526121
www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk
Kent County Council
03000 41 41 41 / www.kent.gov.uk
USEFUL NUMBERS
UTILITIES
Electricity: 0800 727282 (24 hrs)
Gas: 0800 111 999
Water: South East Water (drinking
water) 0800 0283399, Southern
Water (waste water) 0800 820999 (24
hrs), Emergency leak 0800 0283399,
Floodline 0845 9881188 (24 hrs)
CRIME
Non-Emergency Police: 101
Crime Stoppers: 0800 555111
KCC Community Warden: Adam
Osborn - 07813 695741
PCSO: Simon Humphreys -
simon.humphreys@kent.police.uk
Neighbourhood Watch Area
Co-ordinator: 01622 604395
In an emergency i.e. if life is in danger
or a crime is in progress call 999. To
request non urgent police assistance,
to report crime or to make enquiry
call 101. Non urgent correspondence
and crime can be reported via the Live
Chat icon at www.kent.police.uk
ROOMS & HALLS TO HIRE
St George’s Institute, Sissinghurst:
Ursula O’Connor 01580 713938
The Parish Room, Sissinghurst: Sue
Crowe 01580 712567
ts.crowe74@gmail.com
The Vestry Hall, Council Chamber and
Addison VC Room, Cranbrook:
01580 713112 (10am-12pm weekdays).
A full list of over 30 venues for hire in the
parish is available from the parish office
USEFUL CONTACTS
CHURCHES
Congregational Church,
Cranbrook: 01580 388070
St. Dunstan’s, Cranbrook:
01580 715861
St. Theodore’s RC, Cranbrook:
01580 713364
Strict Baptist Church, Cranbrook:
01580 713212
Trinity Church, Sissinghurst:
01580 852275
Vine Church, Cranbrook: 01580 712620
SCHOOLS AND PRE SCHOOLS
Colliers Green CE Primary:
01580 211335
Cranbrook CE Primary: 01580 713249
Cranbrook Children’s Centre:
03000 41 10 35
Cranbrook School: 01580 711800
Dulwich Preparatory School:
01580 712179
High Weald Academy: 01580 712754
Rainbow Pre School, Cranbrook:
01580 715570
Sissinghurst CE Primary: 01580 713895
Woodpeckers Pre School, Cranbrook:
01580 720195
DOCTORS
Old School Surgery, Cranbrook:
01580 712476
Orchard End Surgery, Cranbrook:
01580 713622
The Crane Surgery, Cranbrook
01580 712260
DEFIBRILLATORS
Cramp Club, Cranbrook
Cranbrook Fire Station
Cranbrook Medical Centre, Cranbrook
Cricket Club, Sissinghurst
Parish Council office
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
St. George’s Institute, Sissinghurst
Tennis Club, Sissinghurst
The George Hotel, Cranbrook
The Milkhouse, Sissinghurst
POET’S CORNER
We welcome again Jacob, a pupil at Belle
Vue School, with a huge talent for poetry
which he is delighted to share with our
readers.
The Wonders of Spring
The sun wins the battle, its
rays shine and shimmer past
the clouds
Seas glimmer like gilded gold,
while beaches regain their
heat.
The trees, previously
surreptitious, now stand tall
and proud
As new life flourishes in their
wizened branches.
The wildlife awakens from its
collective slumber
Creatures, both the
magnificent and the miniscule,
start to make their moves.
The great beasts of the prairie
and savannah begin their
prowl
While the smaller animals
start to scavenge for
sustenance.
DIRECTORY
Flowers break out their shells
and begin to bloom, marking
this new season
Their colours inaugurate the
spring with their splendour.
Limitless, labyrinthine
kingdoms of industrious insects
rise to prominence
Bringing the beauty of spring
to even the most distant lands.
And as we revel in the glory of
the season, we must stop and
remember
Each animal has a purpose,
a place in the magnificence of
nature.
Every being has a task in life’s
wrapping web
So we must use this season
to figure out the place of our
thread.
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